Articles with the Tag: Flathead Indian Reservation
News from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes FLATHEAD RESERVATION — McDonald Peak and the surrounding areas in the Mission Mountains Tribal Wilderness were closed to recreational activities on July 15 and will remain closed until Oct. 1. This area known as the Grizzly Bear Management Zone i...
News from the Ninepipes Museum of Early Montana NINEPIPE – Traditional bowmaker Jim Rempp will be the featured artist at Ninepipes Museum of Early Montana on Saturday, Aug. 1 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Rempp is a well-respected craftsman who uses Native American methodology to create self-bows (bows mad...
RONAN — A lightning strike caused a large pile of round hay bales to catch fire at Round Butte Road and Gillette Lane on Wednesday, but fast thinking neighbors and the Ronan Volunteer Fire Department were able to minimize the losses. The fire started after 3 p.m. and neighbor Shane Orien immed...
News from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes FLATHEAD RESERVATION — Brandon Couture joined the staff of the Tribal Conservation Officer Program on May 18, patrolling the south end of the Reservation. “Brandon brings a wealth of enforcement experience and we’re happy to have h...
RONAN — They started out as a few pioneering farmers who gathered in rotating venues, speaking in a foreign tongue, bound together by a resilient faith. The St. Paul Lutheran Church in Ronan will celebrate its centennial at the end of July. “We are very proud of our church,” member Marga...
A wild fire started on west Finley Point on the evening of June 21, but the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Division of Fire jumped on it and continued efforts on Monday, with a helicopter dumping water on the flames, two fire trucks on site and firefighters working on the blaze. “The ...
POLSON — In a conference hearing on Tuesday, attorneys for the Flathead Joint Board of Control told Lake County District Court Judge James Manley that the board intends to file for an injunction to halt ongoing implementation of parts of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Water Compact passed earlier...
A wild fire started on west Finley Point Sunday evening, but the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Division of Fire jumped on it and continued efforts on Monday, with a helicopter dumping water on the flames, two fire trucks on site and firefighters working on the blaze. “The fire’...
FLATHEAD LAKE – Increased boating and fishing access to Flathead Lake is a goal of county and tribal government, Tribal Division of Fish, Wildlife, Recreation and Conservation Tom McDonald said last week. McDonald told Flathead Reservation Fish and Wildlife Board members that county and tribal...
ARLEE — Coquise Frost, 18, traveled to the Flathead Reservation recently to learn about native culture for a senior research project at her Chicago high school. A self-proclaimed city person, she loves fashion and attends a school that is 98 percent white. She has also never been fishing. &ldq...